superclusters
Cosmic web nodes
Superclusters are among the largest known structures in the universe, consisting of groups of galaxy clusters bound together by gravity and stretching hundreds of millions of light-years across.
Our own Milky Way belongs to the Laniakea Supercluster.
These immense formations represent the upper limit of gravitationally organized matter, beyond which the universe appears relatively uniform.
Astronomers mapped the supercluster containing thousands of galaxies.
Lightless cosmic mass
- dark energyForce accelerating universal expansion
- redshiftWavelength stretch from recession
- expansionIncrease in scope
- big bangLoud explosive noise
inflation · cosmography · homogeneity · observable universe · universe · deep field · cosmic scale
Very thin threads
- voidsEmptinesses or nullifies
- VirgoSixth zodiac sign
- HerculesLegendary Greek strongman
- intergalacticSpanning multiple star systems
megaparsec · observable universe · nodes · walls · sheets · density · distribution
Renowned astronomer's surname
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- radio astronomyAnalyzing cosmic electromagnetic emissions
- distance measurementQuantifying spatial intervals
Mass distorting light's path
- tidal forcesDifferential gravitational pull across bodies
- collapseSudden structural failure
- mergingBlending into one
- accretionGrowth through external addition
dark matter
Lightless cosmic mass
- dark energyForce accelerating universal expansion
- redshiftWavelength stretch from recession
- expansionIncrease in scope
big bang · inflation · cosmography · homogeneity · observable universe · universe · deep field · cosmic scale
filaments
Very thin threads
intergalactic · megaparsec · observable universe · nodes · walls · sheets · density · distribution
Hubble
Renowned astronomer's surname
- telescopeInstrument magnifying faraway objects
- spectroscopyStudy of light-matter interaction
- radio astronomyAnalyzing cosmic electromagnetic emissions
gravitational lensing
Mass distorting light's path
- tidal forcesDifferential gravitational pull across bodies
- collapseSudden structural failure
- mergingBlending into one
- cosmosuniverse, galaxies, galaxy, stars, star
- cosmologybig bang, Big Bang, big bang theory, universe, dark matter
- cosmic matterstars, galaxies, dark matter, planets, cosmic dust
- galaxy clusters
- Galaxiesgalaxy, galaxies, Milky Way, spiral galaxy, Andromeda
- cosmic historybig bang, inflation, dark ages, star formation, recombination
superclustersatoms
Smallest elemental units
subatomic particles · quarks · electrons · elementary particles · stars